Irina Dmitrieva
Jericho has a glorious history. We read in the Old Testament that it was the first city captured by the Israelites led by Joshua on entering the Promised Land.
Elena Butarova
It would seem that a Greek could hardly understand the difficulties of a foreign country such as Russia. But great are the works of the Lord; not only did Metropolitan Theognost understand all the subtleties of Russia’s state of affairs, he sincerely accepted this country as his own, devoting the rest of his life to his new homeland.
Six years of archaeology work on the Scottish island of Lismore have yielded exciting results.
Professor Darina Grigorova
The European resolution, through the image of its enemy—Russia in this case—is trying to introduce censorship on the freedom of historical perspective.
On March 24, 1999, NATO began its aerial bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, which continued until June 10, 1999.
From the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th, when clergy and hierarchs of the Russian Church were sent to the North American Mission they were provided with Holy Chrism from Russia sufficient for pastoral needs.
The Metropolis of Drama considers the discovery a great blessing and will continue the struggle to return other manuscripts and relics to the monastery.
Hieromonk Pafnuty (Fokin)
Olsufiev’s presence at St. Sergius’s shrine played an exceptional role in preserving the Lavra's shrines and relics during that difficult time.
The Polish Orthodox Church is honoring those who suffered in concentration camps.
124 artifacts made of stone, ceramics, and metal were discovered during archaeological excavations in the Church of the Holy Mother in the town of Melnik in the Blagoevgrad province of southwestern Bulgaria.
Celebrations in honor of the 185th anniversary of the Polotsk Council that reunited Belarusian and Lithuanian Uniates with the Orthodox Church in 1839 were held on Sunday, March 3, in the ancient town of Polotsk.
Natalia Prokofieva
When the prisoners were brought on barges, they disembarked on the shore, where they lived and built the railway and the bridge. There were many deaths, and they were not taken far to be buried.
The village of Naberezhny in Russia’s northern Pechora region arose essentially on the site of what was once a large cemetery—a cemetery of prisoners of the labor camps that built the Pechora Bridge and railway.
The cross bears the inscription: “To the venerable Mother Abbess Anastasia from the grateful nuns and sisters of the Hodigitria Monastery. 1916.”
The Department for the Canonization of Saints of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Kazakhstan Metropolitan District and the Almaty Theological Seminary are conducting broad research into the life of the revered Archbishop, preparing materials for his eventual canonization.
Tatiana Shevchenko
According to the recollections of his contemporaries, he lived a life that was beyond modest, meek, and humble; he was considered a fool for Christ during his lifetime—not everyone could endure the rigor of his life and the height of his spiritual feats.
This article talks about the life of Nikolai Ivanovich Egorov, the future Archimandrite Dmitry, who escaped the Solovki camps and entered Valaam Monastery as a novice in the 1930s. Later, he founded several sketes in America, where he reposed in 1992.
Last month, the Ecclesiastical Mission celebrated the church’s 150th anniversary.
A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: A number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a manuscript from the 11th century.
Archpriest Andrei Gavrilenko
Through the Roman State on the earthly level the minds were prepared for the Heavenly message.